The National Diabetes Prevention Program — Changing Lifestyles to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

Presented By

Ann Albright, PhD, RDN: Director
Division of Diabetes Translation
"Moving Evidence to Action to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes"

Nina Brown-Ashford, MPH, CHES: Deputy Director
Preventive and Population Health Group
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
"The Expanded Model of Diabetes Prevention Program from Medicare"

David P Pryor, MD, MPH: Regional Vice-President Medical Director
Anthem Blue Cross California, Commercial Accounts
"A National Coverage Model for the National DPP Lifestyle Change Program"

Arlene Guindon, MPH: Senior Program Manager
National Kidney Foundation of Michigan
"Real World Implementation of the National DPP"

Facilitated By

John Iskander, MD, MPH: Scientific Director

Phoebe Thorpe, MD, MPH: Deputy Scientific Director

Susan Laird, MSN, RN: Communications Director

Continuing Education

This session will be available for Continuing Education beginning November 13.

For more information, see Grand Rounds Continuing Education.

Tuesday, November 13, 2018
1:00 PM ET

Join us in Person

Global Communications Center (Building 19)
Alexander D. Langmuir Auditorium

Watch Online

Diabetes is a serious public health problem. About 30 million Americans have diabetes, and more than 84 million American adults have prediabetes. People with prediabetes have blood sugar levels that are higher than normal, but not high enough to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. They are at risk for type 2 diabetes, heart attack and stroke, but lifestyle changes, such as losing weight and increasing physical activity, can reduce their risk and may even prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes.

The CDC-led National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) is a proven program that helps people with prediabetes make lifestyle changes that last. Individuals who took the yearlong program were less likely to develop type 2 diabetes, even 15 years later. Preventing or delaying new cases of type 2 diabetes and improving outcomes for people living with prediabetes are critical public health needs.

Please join us for this session of Grand Rounds to learn about how the National DPP, and the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program and others are supporting people with prediabetes to make life-long changes.